On 15 November 2011 22:35, Tim Draper <veehexx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 15 November 2011 21:48, Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 18:53 +0000, Tim Draper wrote: >>> > Are you sure that your system hasn't rolled to 2.6.38-13-generic >>> > yesterday or today even? >>> > >>> still on 2.6.38-12-generic. i've ensured auto-updates are disabled so >>> it should be in the same state as it when it was working. >>> worth re-applying the update/patch? i presume i just need to make && >>> make install again...? >> >> Sounds like some of the file in the kernel modules were not updated. >> >> Did you remain as the home user during all the all stages of the build, >> patch and make? >> >> ...and only became root in the install >> sudo make install >> >> If this is the case then it is better to do >> make distclean >> make >> sudo make install >> >> If not, and they are mixed root and user. >> sudo make distclean >> make >> sudo make install >> > > done, no change. > i've also one the distclean, wiped the v4l git clone, and re-obtained > it, following the instructions you gave to me the other day. > i can confirm that i've done make, and then sudo make install, rather > than sudo the entire process. > > also, i've done this without the tuner stick inserted (no tuner cards > present) and i'm still getting the issue. > >> In >> /lib/modules/2.6.38-12-generic/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb >> >> All the modules in this directory should have the same date as the ones >> in the media_build/v4l directory. >> > i presume you mean ls -l, as ln is for symbolic links :) > if so, the dvb-usb-af9015.ko file size is different - 55k in v4l, and > 590k in modules directory. timestamps are the same though. many other > files show similar results - filesize is different, but timestamps > seem to be ok. > > >> However, the fact it was working and then not is a little puzzling. > > i agree, it is a little weird. > also, sorry for emailing you directly Malcolm, my gmail doesn't seem > to like this ML and is doing some weird things when replying. > > thanks again. > ohhh, what an idiot i am. it's a user error, in the form of a typo! because i have multiple tuners, and there is a race condition for adapter number assignment when the server gets rebooted, i've had to create a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ to define adapters. incorrect: 'options dvb_usb_af9015 adapter nr=0,1' correct: 'options dvb_usb_af9015 adapter_nr=0,1' (note the underscore between 'adapter' and 'nr') completely forgot i had configured that! so, back to a working state! :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html